Ali Shallal al-Qaisi

Ali Shallal al-Qaisi (6 August 1962-) was an al-Qaeda in Iraq member who was detained and tortured at the Abu Ghraib prison complex by the United States from 2003 until the discovery of the abuse in 2004.

Biography
Ali Shallal al-Qaisi was born on 6 August 1962 in Baghdad, Iraq to a Sunni Muslim family, and he joined al-Qaeda in Iraq to resist the United States after their 2003 invasion of Iraq. al-Qaisi was captured at the start of the Iraq War and promptly sent to the Abu Ghraib prison complex near Baghdad, where he was tortured by the USA. One method of torture was forcing him to balance on a box with a blanket covering him and a bag covering his head, and electrical wires were attached to him; he would be shocked if he moved from his position. By 2008, he was out of detention, and he gave an interview to The Washington Post about his torture.